Callback to FMS (Flash Media Server) using CFCs? RPC push notification etc.

[adaptive_dev]

How can I push updates to, e.g.,, FMS (Flash Media Server)?

For example,

A site visitor's status has changed to "xyz" in our business logic.

We want to, eg, block the stream for him through FMS.

How can our ColdFusion code notify FMS of this change?

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Is it possible to establish a lasting connection between FMS and ColdFusion (eg, CFCs) whereby:

CF would be able to call certain functions in eg our main.asc file in our FMS application?

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A solution I've thought would use a proxy/relay: Ie, both FMS and CF can connect to a proxy socket server to relay messages.

However, my boss want to avoid adding another custom component if FMS/CFCs/etc support this type of thing.

Thanks!

Gary

[BKBK]

Your boss has a point. Adding one more component or application dramatically increases the complexity. Increased complexity means increased costs in the long run: in learning, maintenance, debugging, and so on.

I can imagine that there are enough possibilities between ColdFusion and Flash to solve your problem. I thought immediately of Flash Remoting.